renewable energy companiesmay do better, and vice versa. It can work as a built-in hedge to an energy portfolio, though such a group of holdings probably won't perform as well as pure-play oil and gas stocks when crude prices are high....
Sugar: Used to sweeten food and beverages, as well as in ethanol production. The global sugar trade is a controversial one with several battles for ‘sugar power’ over the course of history.India,Thailand, China, the US,Pakistan, andRussiaproduce and export the highest volumes of sugar today...
The group, which made a humble beginning with the commissioning of its first plant of 2500 TCD in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, stands tall today across the sweet landscape of sugar manufacturing, along with ethanol and industrial alcohol production & co-generation. ...
Soaring demand for biofuels is another significant demand factor. In the U.S., for example, ethanol production accounts for 23 percent of total corn utilization, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. Average U.S. corn prices tripled between 2005 and 2012, from $2 a bushel in 2005 an...
Rudy Martin is the former director of research for TheStreet.com Ratings. Earlier he worked 25 years in investment research and management positions with Fidelity Investments, Lincoln National, Dean Witter Reynolds and Transamerica Investments. He began his career as a securities investment analyst at...
(Read more:Time for a look at beaten-up materials stocks) Black Sea Agriculture has acquired 346 acres of Bulgarian farmland over the past two years, mostly devoted to wheat cultivation and currently valued at about $1.5 million. In the Bulgarian farmland market, values rise sharply with the ...